Debris-carrying psocodean nymph from Lebanese amber
Author
HAKIM, MARINA
Author
HUANG, DI-YING
Author
AZAR, DANY
text
Palaeoentomology
2022
2022-06-23
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.3.3
journal article
95357
10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.3.3
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Family
Incertae sedis
(
Figs 1–3
)
FIGURE 1.
Immature psocodean, specimen number AD-33.
A
, Habitus in dorsal view.
B
, Habitus in ventral view.
C
, Details of labial palpomeres and lacinia.
D
, Details of claws (arrow indicating preapical tooth). Scale bars = 0.3 mm for
A
, 0.5 mm for
B
, 0.05 mm for
C
, 0.03 mm for
D
.
Material.
Specimen number AD-33; well-preserved immature psocodean (
Fig. 1A, B
), female; no syninclusions.
Locality and horizon.
Ain Dara, CazaAley, Mouhafazit Jabal Loubnan (
Mount Lebanon Governorate
),
Lebanon
; Lower Cretaceous, lower Barremian (
Maksoud
et al.
, 2017
;
Maksoud & Azar, 2020
).
Description.
Head: Measurements in dorsal view, around
0.36 mm
wide (compound eyes included),
0.21 mm
wide (vertex); epicranial suture faintly visible; no ocelli, large compound eyes globulous, semi-circular in dorsal view,
0.14 mm
long, protruding with a width of
0.07 mm
; left antenna almost complete, with 15 antennomeres preserved, shorter than body length; mouthparts unclear due to specimen distortion, fractions in amber and mirror effect, maxillary palp four-segmented, labial palp two-segmented, lacinia present (
Fig. 1C
). Thorax: mesonotum and metanotum almost of equal length, both
0.30 mm
long; wing buds visible on both thoracic segments; tibiae slender, setose with two apical spurs; all tarsi two-segmented, ratio of basal to apical segment: in fore and mid legs 1:1, in hind legs 1.8:1, basal tarsomere with two apical spurs, apical tarsomere bearing claws with one preapical tooth (
Fig. 1D
), without empodium or pulvillus. Abdomen: ten segments visible, with multiple glandular structures clustered mainly along the edge of each abdominal segment (
Fig. 2
); epiproct apically rounded, with seven long spurs; two lobe-like structures bearing one short spine each (paraprocts?); genitalia not fully developed, but of female
type
, with two distinct structures bearing long and thick spines apically (
Fig. 3
).